This chapter includes the following sections: Supported Platforms, page 1 Supported Web Browsers, page 2 Required Ports, page 2 System Requirements, page 3 Important Prerequisites for Installing Cisco UCS Central, page 6 Supported Platforms The following table describes the supported platforms for installing Cisco UCS Central. Hypervisors Supported Versions Microsoft HyperV Windows 2008 R2 with SP1 Windows 2012 Microsoft HyperV Server 2012 R2 VMware ESX ESX 5.0 U3 ESX 5.1 ESX 5.5 ESX 6.0 KVM Hypervisor KVM Hypervisor on RedHat Enterprise Linux 6.5 1
Supported Web Browsers Supported Web Browsers The web browser support for the Cisco UCS Central GUI depends on the operating system of the computer on which you plan to run Cisco UCS Central GUI. Operating System Microsoft Windows Supported Web Browsers Internet Explorer 9 and above Firefox 29 and above Chrome 34 and above Adobe Flash Player 11.7 and above Mac OS Firefox 29 and above Chrome 34 and above Safari 6 and above Adobe Flash Player 11.7 and above For the Chrome browser, remove the bundled flash player and install the flash player from Adobe. Linux RHEL Firefox 29 and above Chrome 34 and above Adobe Flash Player 11.7 and above Required Ports Communication between Cisco UCS Central and Cisco UCS Domain The following ports must be open between Cisco UCS Central and a registered Cisco UCS domain to enable management communication between Cisco UCS Central and Cisco UCS domain: Port Number Daemon Protocol Usage 32803 LOCKD 892 MOUNTD 875 RQUOTAD 2
System Requirements Port Number Daemon Protocol Usage 32805 STATD 2049 NFS Note Required for Cisco UCS Manager release versions 2.1(x) and 2.2(x). Not required for Cisco UCS Manager 3.0. 111 SUNRPC 443 Enable communication through firewall between Cisco UCS Central and Cisco UCS Manager. Communication between Cisco UCS Central and Client browser The following ports must be open to enable communication between Cisco UCS Central and the client browser: Port Number Daemon Protocol Usage 80 TCP Communication between client browser and Cisco UCS Central. 843 TCP Communication between client browser and Cisco UCS Central. 443 TCP Enable communication through firewall between client browser and Cisco UCS Central. System Requirements Standalone Installation If you are installing Cisco UCS Central in a standalone mode, make sure you have the following system requirements. 3
System Requirements Server Type We recommend that you deploy Cisco UCS Central on a VMware or HyperV hypervisor running on standalone rack server(s) that is not managed by Cisco UCS Manager or integrated into a Cisco UCS domain. The server must have a highspeed data store, preferably one provisioned from a highspeed storage array. Server Requirements The following table describes the minimum requirements for installing Cisco UCS Central in the following platforms: ESX HyperV KVM Hypervisor. Item Disk 1 Disk 2 RAM vcpu cores Disk read speed Minimum Requirements for EXS, HyperV and KVM Hypervisor 40 GB 40 GB 12 GB 4 cores > 75 MBps >125 MBps is the recommended speed. Note If you want to manage more servers, for example 200 domains/6000 servers, make sure to increase RAM to 16 GB. Performance of Cisco UCS Central is not guaranteed if you deploy it on a server that does not meet the minimum requirements for vcpu, RAM or Disk Speed. Make sure to power off before making any changes to the VM settings. If you are using NFS for cluster setup, make sure the network latency is less than.5ms to ensure good system performance. If the disk read speed on the server is lower than the required minimum during the deployment of Cisco UCS Central, the installer displays a warning message but you can complete the deployment. However, if the disk read speed is lower than the required minimum during operation, Cisco UCS Central raises a fault, as shown in the following table, depending upon how low the disk read speed is: Disk Read Speed on Server <75 MBps Fault Level Critical fault 4
System Requirements Disk Read Speed on Server 75 to 100 MBps 100 to 125 MBps >125 MBps Fault Level Major fault Minor fault N/A Supported Database Servers The following are the supported database servers for statistics collection: Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.1.0 64bit Production or higher PostgreSQL Server 9.1.8 64bit or higher Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (SP1) 11.0.3000.0 (X64) or higher Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 10.50.1600.1 (X64) SP1 or higher When the statistics data is stored in external database server, Consider the following as a reference data for disk space requirements on the database server: If you register 20 Cisco UCS domains, the minimum storage space required to store statistics data for 1 year would be 400 GB. If you register 100 Cisco UCS domains, the minimum storage space required to store statistics data for 1 year would be 2 TB. Client System The minimum memory required for client system is 4 GB. However if you have 40 or more registered Cisco UCS Domains, it is recommended to have at least 8 GB memory on the client system. Cluster Installation If you want to enable high availability and install Cisco UCS Central in cluster mode, you must have all the requirements specified for standalone installation, and have the following Shared Storage: ESX Minimum Requirement : 40 GB HyperV Minimum Requirement: 40 GB Managing Cisco UCS Domains in Remote Locations To manage Cisco UCS domains in remote locations such as remote branch offices, the following are the minimum requirements for network connectivity between Cisco UCS domain and Cisco UCS Central: Bandwidth 1.5 Mbps or higher Latency 500 ms (round trip) or lower 5
Important Prerequisites for Installing Cisco UCS Central Important Prerequisites for Installing Cisco UCS Central You must have the following information before beginning to install Cisco UCS Central: Static IPv4 address for Cisco UCS Central IPv4 netmask Default gateway Password to be assigned to the Cisco UCS Central admin account. You will create this new password. Hostname for the virtual machine (VM) IPv4 address for the DNS server, if you plan to use one Name of the DNS domain in which you want to include Cisco UCS Central, if you plan to use one Shared secret. This is the required password when you register Cisco UCS domains with Cisco UCS Central Shared storage. This is optional for standalone installation and is required for cluster installation. 6